A Staten Island woman buying pot from a local deli got into a misunderstanding with the cashier — who ended up macing her, dragging​ her outside by her hair, kicking her in the head and mistakenly …

A Staten Island woman buying pot from a local deli got into a misunderstanding with the cashier — who ended up macing her, dragging​ her outside by her hair, kicking her in the head and mistakenly calling her trans.

  • gavran@lemmy.worldEnglish
    129·
    1 year ago

    If you committed a crime because of the perception of an individual falling under a protected class, it should qualify as a hate crime. I believe this is considered a bias incident and it is treated as a hate crime in NYC.

    • quindraco@lemm.ee
      36·
      1 year ago

      Of course it qualifies as a hate crime. Hate crime legislation is entirely about what you think inside your head as you commit some other crime - hence the word “hate”.

      • CephaloPOTUS@lemmy.world
        6·
        1 year ago

        So in a conversation about someone commiting a hate crime based on someones genetalia you decide to use a term specifically used to debase people by calling them female genetalia and it seems people even upvote you for it. Great. And you even think you are being supportive.

          • braxy29@lemmy.world
            3·
            1 year ago

            look, it’s a word most american women don’t hear directed at themselves outside of really hateful or abusive contexts. i have been called “bitch” in the grocery store. i was called “cunt” by my abuser, and only by him.

            the person who challenged you has a good point - the use of that word in american culture is intended to be particularly dehumanizing and degrading to women.

            compare - if you had used “n…” you would have likely been challenged there as well, regardless of your intent in using that word or your own identity.